CULTURE AND SPORT

Veteran photographer Quang Phung has been nominated for the Grand Award in this year’s Bui Xuan Phai-Love for Hanoi Awards which will honour a host of individuals and projects making significant contributions to arts and culture in Hanoi.

Daring bikers from famous Asian motorbike teams thrilled fans with an excellent stunt show performance during yesterday's opening ceremony for Vietnam's first motorbike festival in Phu My Hung's Crescent Residence in HCM City.

Around 350 athletes from 27 countries will be competing at the 47th Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship in Ho Chi Minh City from August 30-September 1.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was narrowly beaten by the Chess World Cup defending champion Peter Svidler in their tie-break games on August 23.

Vietnam's Next Top Model 2013 is facing public criticism because of the organiser's use of certain promotional ploys considered vulgar in Vietnamese society.

A collection of 100 unique Ao Dai (traditional long dress) samples from three Vietnamese designers will be showed at Chambord, the most ancient and famous castle in the world, France on September 7.

The Hanoi Cheo Theatre has introduced a new play, which injects modern sensibilities, as an attempt to recapture the interest of young audiences.

The domination of modern arts has pushed many Vietnamese traditional art forms into oblivion, including Cải Lương with lots of its artists faced with poverty in old age.

Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem’s excellent performance held the Chess World Cup defending champion, Peter Svidler from Russia, to a draw in the first leg match of the tournament’s fourth round on August 20.

Truong Nguyen Thanh Nhan was crowned the winner of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament which closed yesterday in Kien Giang Province.

HCM City will hold an exhibition entitled “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa, Truong Sa – Historical Evidence” from August 22–29, showcasing nearly 150 maps and documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

Intellectuals congregated at a scientific workshop held in the northern province of Bac Giang on August 16 to explore measures needed to revive and develop a collection of woodblocks at the provincial Vinh Nghiem pagoda.

The great influx of unqualified dancing groups has caused the overall level of dance performance programmes to plummet.

Elvis Presley fans from around the world made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland on Thursday to pay their respects to the rock n' roll icon with a solemn candlelight vigilon the 36th anniversary of his death.

Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh climbed two notches to 5th position for the second time in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on August 15.

The first international theatre schools festival will be held in HCM City from September 5 to 10.

Yesterday saw Le Van Duan win the third stage of the region's premier cycling event. However, Truong Nguyen Thanh Nhan hung on to his yellow jersey as overall leader of the Mekong Delta Cycling Tournament.

Various doctors were "competing" to treat Michael Jackson, each offering stronger and stronger painkillers long before his 2009 death, the King of Pop's ex-wife testified.

Singer Siu Black has called for her debtors' and audience’s sympathy to allow her to come back to the stage.